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NBA teams have completed the bulk of their offseason moves, so now’s the perfect time to evaluate what, if anything, has changed in the Eastern Conference’s balance of power. There will be two competitions to watch in the season ahead. Can any team unseat the Miami Heat as the Heat go for a third consecutive NBA title? And how low will some teams go to secure the best possible odds of winning the draft lottery? Here’s my forecast for the 2013-14 regular season. 1st Miami Heat (Last season: 1st) LeBron James will continue to be great — that’s a given. But the Eastern Conference finals and the NBA Finals showed the Heat are vulnerable. Miami hasn’t...

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NBA teams have completed the bulk of their offseason moves, so now’s the perfect time to evaluate what, if anything, has changed in the Eastern Conference’s balance of power.
There will be two competitions to watch in the season ahead.
Can any team...

The New York Knicks have started this season in disastrous fashion.
But they still confound the Orlando Magic.
Not even Carmelo Anthony's momentum-turning left-ankle sprain and a frantic Magic rally could change that Monday night. Trailing by as many as...

NEW YORK — The Orlando Magic started Friday night's game against the New York Knicks well.
In the first few minutes, Jameer Nelson threw a pinpoint bounce pass that Arron Afflalo converted into a layup. Nelson hit a 3-pointer. Victor Oladipo sank two...

Let's just be up front right away: There's no suspense this time.
We're ranking the NBA's top 10 players at each position over five weeks, and this week we're evaluating the centers.
Yeah, we all know how this is going to end. So how does everyone...

For almost three quarters Sunday, the Orlando Magic looked awful against the Toronto Raptors. Orlando's offense seemed out of sync. Toronto's Andrea Bargnani scored at will. And the Raptors just played with more energy. All that changed when it mattered...

NEW YORK — This afternoon, the Orlando Magic will start the most grueling stretch of their regular season. Today’s matchup against the New York Knicks begins a set of three games on three consecutive days and a total of 10 games in 15 days.
It’ll be a...

Dwight Howard exudes vitality. He brings thousands of fans to their feet when he slams home rim-rattling dunks or swats shots into the stands. His smile lights up arenas as large as Amway Center. And he possesses enough star power to guest not once but...

TORONTO — Ryan Anderson prepared for a tough test as tipoff approached Monday night. He sat at his locker inside Air Canada Centre and said he wasn’t looking forward to guarding Andrea Bargnani, a talented 7-footer who can shoot from long range and put...

The Magic looked like they needed some sleep, unable to slow the Toronto Raptors Sunday night. The harried schedule had caught up with them, and they couldn't make many defensive stops, falling behind by as many as 16 points in the third period. But there's al

For the Miami Heat, it was not more of the same. For the New York Knicks, it was. Chris Bosh scored 32 points, Mario Chalmers added 18 to lead a big effort from Miami's trio of point guards and the Heat rolled after halftime to win 109-95 on Monday...

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SAN ANTONIO — Two days after Phil Jackson spoke about the loser's mentality in the Knicks locker room, a story surfaced that revealed the mentality may be even more troublesome than the team's awful record.
An ESPN report claims the locker room has...

A look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Sunday's 7:30 p.m. game between the Heat and Knicks at Madison Square Garden (TV: Sun Sports. Radio: 790-AM, 104.3-FM, 106.3-FM, 710-AM-Spanish), with Wade back for the...

Tom Brady, the future Hall of Famer and all-around cool guy, tossed five touchdown passes and completed 30 of 35 passes in Sunday's 51-23 thumping of the Bears. And four of the incompletions were dropped by his guys. That's four wins in a row....

All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony will exercise the opt-out clause in his New York Knicks contract and become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, a league source confirmed Sunday.
Multiple outlets also reported the expected development.
Knicks...

Time may be running out on Mike Woodson's stint with the New York Knicks, but it's not too late for owner James Dolan to give his coach and equally oblivious forward Andrea Bargnani the perfect Christmas gift.
For only $275, Dolan can buy each of them...

If the shoe fits
Nike's pristine new sneaker, at about $200 a pair retail, is the LeBron 11.Too bad they don't feel very snug on the feet of the 6-foot-8, 250-pound superstar whose name is on them. LeBron James only wore the new Nikes for two full...